trump Removes Funding For Stars & Stripes

[CWayne]

yet, us tax payers still pay for Rush Limbaugh's Radio show overseas for the Military.....

can't they get him on their great internet service abroad?

They can and we should NOT be paying for it. I know you think you have a 'gotcha', but you really don't. No one thinks the Taxpayers should foot the bill for opinion-based information.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

It’s we military and overseas is one word. You’re not in the military. You’re a lying Leftist. How dare you!?

i'm a military brat dufus! I'm a military family member stationed overseas with their military father or military husband.... the Stars and Stripes was for the military and military families stationed overseas... the paper, made us all, feel closer to home and unified as American families.

I was not stationed with family overseas when the internet was prevalent or a daily routine.... it might have been non existent for laymen? Maybe things are different? But from what the soldiers say about it in the article, internet service is not available or lacking and those on battlefields do not always have service and I read they are not allowed to use their phones in many circumstances because we don't want them to be tracked by enemies via their phones....

I just think that if the Military guys and families overseas really want to keep the Stars and Stripes because it makes them feel more at HOME when they are serving overseas, no matter where, then maybe there is something else the Pentagon can cut?

And certainly with a near $800 Billion yearly budget for our total Defense budget, there is something else that is wasteful, to cut....

And as someone said earlier, Pelosi likely would not cut it in her budget if the military n families, still really want it....

So when stationed overseas do they or do they not have WiFi?

I doubt they all do and I know some cannot have or use their cells.

They have PCs there for them to use.

Why are you being such an ass? You are obviously clueless to Military life, so maybe you need to shut your know it all trap, and step back....?

The Military guys and gals of today, seem to still want it, for all the reasons I listed and in addition, they said sitting down taking a break, with coffee or meal and paper, helps them relax and get their mind off of their duties and dangers...

The cell phone or internet, just doesn't give them that.... constant bombardment of ads, or social media, and having to scroll, and all that jazz when you can lay the paper on the table and eat or drink while you are reading....

You are in the Silicon Valley of the East, internet service is super duper fast and reliable.... there is no such thing for me up here in Maine, and I am in the USA, and you have absolutely no idea how frustrating and stressful it can get, just waiting for the gadget to move on to the next page, without freezing.... I don't think the Military and families, in most cases, have it any better than I do here, in the USA....

I think You’re the clueless one. They have WiFi. Period. End of story. You’re also a Leftist.

 

[bluzman61]

i'm a military brat dufus! I'm a military family member stationed overseas with their military father or military husband.... the Stars and Stripes was for the military and military families stationed overseas... the paper, made us all, feel closer to home and unified as American families.

I was not stationed with family overseas when the internet was prevalent or a daily routine.... it might have been non existent for laymen? Maybe things are different? But from what the soldiers say about it in the article, internet service is not available or lacking and those on battlefields do not always have service and I read they are not allowed to use their phones in many circumstances because we don't want them to be tracked by enemies via their phones....

I just think that if the Military guys and families overseas really want to keep the Stars and Stripes because it makes them feel more at HOME when they are serving overseas, no matter where, then maybe there is something else the Pentagon can cut?

And certainly with a near $800 Billion yearly budget for our total Defense budget, there is something else that is wasteful, to cut....

And as someone said earlier, Pelosi likely would not cut it in her budget if the military n families, still really want it....

So when stationed overseas do they or do they not have WiFi?

I doubt they all do and I know some cannot have or use their cells.

They have PCs there for them to use.

Why are you being such an ass? You are obviously clueless to Military life, so maybe you need to shut your know it all trap, and step back....?

The Military guys and gals of today, seem to still want it, for all the reasons I listed and in addition, they said sitting down taking a break, with coffee or meal and paper, helps them relax and get their mind off of their duties and dangers...

The cell phone or internet, just doesn't give them that.... constant bombardment of ads, or social media, and having to scroll, and all that jazz when you can lay the paper on the table and eat or drink while you are reading....

You are in the Silicon Valley of the East, internet service is super duper fast and reliable.... there is no such thing for me up here in Maine, and I am in the USA, and you have absolutely no idea how frustrating and stressful it can get, just waiting for the gadget to move on to the next page, without freezing.... I don't think the Military and families, in most cases, have it any better than I do here, in the USA....

I think You’re the clueless one. They have WiFi. Period. End of story. You’re also a Leftist.

Care4all IS a brainwashed liberal lunatic. There's NO hope for this one.

 

[eagle1462010]

One thing someone pointed out earlier................it is only a SUBSIDY...........doesn't mean it will end...........

The paper gets money via advertisement anyways..........So it doesn't mean the Stars and Stripes are going away.........

I read it way back when..................don't really know how many in the military read it now............and don't even know if the 15 million is even needed...............IS IT...............

It's a drop in the bucket IF the PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY TODAY........say they want it.......I got out in 94 so quite Frankly I don't know.............Back then..........we didn't have the information at our finger tips as we do today.

 

[Zander]

The fauxtrage over this tiny budget cut is why the budget is so damn bloated.

Tempest in a teapot!

 

[cutter]

trump's war on the media continues. Now it's Stars and Stripes. A paper read by about 1 million people. Probably mostly those in the military.

It's only 15 million dollars. It's so sad that trump is doing this. I hope that congress restores the funding.

Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper

The Stars and Stripes was an important source of news for us in Viet Nam in the 60s. But now with the internet everyone stationed everywhere has instant access to plenty of news. The Stars and Stripes is just going the way of newspapers everywhere.

 

[justoffal]

trump's war on the media continues. Now it's Stars and Stripes. A paper read by about 1 million people. Probably mostly those in the military.

It's only 15 million dollars. It's so sad that trump is doing this. I hope that congress restores the funding.

Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper

Probably because the military papers are doing polls of military members showing trump's support beginning to fail.....

Probably because all newspapers are on the verge of extinction.

Jo

 

[Flash]

My father read it in WWII when it was available and I remember it from Vietnam but my son never bothered to read it in Korea or Iraq.

With the other modern media available it is a waste of money.

Somebody in the military said it wasn't needed anymore and that is why it was cut from the budget. Trump probably never even heard of the Stars and Stripes.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is a serious mental illness that causes these idiot Moon Bats to ***** about something they know nothing about or care about.

 

[Billy000]

trump's war on the media continues. Now it's Stars and Stripes. A paper read by about 1 million people. Probably mostly those in the military.

It's only 15 million dollars. It's so sad that trump is doing this. I hope that congress restores the funding.

Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper

So based on your own math if you want to read it those million people can get it for 15 bucks a year.

Hope he cuts NPR next.

lol you people are too much. You’ll say anything to defend Trump. His dumbass cut the funding because his dumbass doesn’t know how to read.

 

[JWBooth]

yet, us tax payers still pay for Rush Limbaugh's Radio show overseas for the Military.....

can't they get him on their great internet service abroad?

AFARTS is still around? Cut it too.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Veterans point to value of Stars and Stripes amid proposal to strip funding from news organization

I don't agree with this decision................it is a small budget expense for military serving overseas..........I used to get the paper at the exchange in Japan.....................Of course back then we didn't have the internet...........and it was a way of reading about issues back home.

Today with Social media..........not sure if it's necessary or not............but it isn't a large expense...........given the 6 Trillion we spent on killing our fellow man.

Stars and Stripes isn’t what it once was. They run anti-Trump articles all the time. I was appalled when I saw that, don’t recall them ever running negative stories on other commander-in-chiefs.

If they run news that you think is Fake News, remember this. They do an extensive background check before publication. rump just can't stand the real news. And I agree with most of the others, I read it in areas where there were NO American language news papers or publication. He's carried his Fake News way too far on this one. Rump needs slapped down.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Another right-wing attack on freedom of speech. And one that directly affects our military. So patriotic! Not.

We only have free speech if the government pays for it?

In general, no. The case of the members of our military services who are on duty around the world on our behalf is far different, and this move can very well be interpreted as the government trying to muzzle the free flow of information to them for political reasons.

"Thank you for your service, sheep."

If you have never served don't assume what the members of the military think.
Why would you want them to be fed information from a government paid for paper anyway?

I used to spend as much time as possible listening to the Armed Forces Radio. It helped me forget a lot of the bad things and still does today. But here is a story I think many of the Vietnam Vets will related to.

One of the programs was "Super Chicken". It was funny as hell and a very distinctive voice of Super Chicken. A bit of background, I am a musician and have a good ear for voices, sounds, etc.. Years later, I heard that same voice doing a news Broadcast out of Chicago. I was dumbfounded. And that voice was so unique that it was Super Chicken doing the news and I kept waiting for him to go off with the zany. he didn't, it was a straight news broadcast. That brought back some warm memories.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Let's be fair to the Trump administration, whether one is a Dem or Republican or Socialist.

This is 2020, something that even this eightysomething acknowledges.

Print newspapers are as dead as the dodo bird. (What's the last time you sent something called a "telegram"?)

People simply no longer have the desire to touch paper each morning.

Everyone (with exceptions like me) now have some newfangled invention called a "smartphone." People are always staring at them as they almost bump into me on the sidewalk. So that's how the armed forces will get the Stars and Stripes.

There are still areas around the globe where there is NO Cell Phone Coverage and you have to share time on a computer with the rest of the unit because there is only one line. You won't be surfing the net for news and your cell phone will either be sketchy at best of not work at all. This is where Armed Forces Radio and TV as well as the Stars and Stripes become the only outlet for news. And let's face it, AFRTS is highly censored for news but the Stars and Stripes is not.

 

[cutter]

Another right-wing attack on freedom of speech. And one that directly affects our military. So patriotic! Not.

We only have free speech if the government pays for it?

In general, no. The case of the members of our military services who are on duty around the world on our behalf is far different, and this move can very well be interpreted as the government trying to muzzle the free flow of information to them for political reasons.

"Thank you for your service, sheep."

If you have never served don't assume what the members of the military think.
Why would you want them to be fed information from a government paid for paper anyway?

I used to spend as much time as possible listening to the Armed Forces Radio. It helped me forget a lot of the bad things and still does today. But here is a story I think many of the Vietnam Vets will related to.

One of the programs was "Super Chicken". It was funny as hell and a very distinctive voice of Super Chicken. A bit of background, I am a musician and have a good ear for voices, sounds, etc.. Years later, I heard that same voice doing a news Broadcast out of Chicago. I was dumbfounded. And that voice was so unique that it was Super Chicken doing the news and I kept waiting for him to go off with the zany. he didn't, it was a straight news broadcast. That brought back some warm memories.

I remember Super Chicken. I haven't thought about that in decades.

 

[ABikerSailor]

trump's war on the media continues. Now it's Stars and Stripes. A paper read by about 1 million people. Probably mostly those in the military.

It's only 15 million dollars. It's so sad that trump is doing this. I hope that congress restores the funding.

Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper

The Stars and Stripes was an important source of news for us in Viet Nam in the 60s. But now with the internet everyone stationed everywhere has instant access to plenty of news. The Stars and Stripes is just going the way of newspapers everywhere.

Not necessarily. Not every US Navy ship has internet. Last time I deployed, we had an address on the ship that we could receive emails from home, but they came in the daily data dump, and there was no internet access to speak of while we were deployed.

 

[chesswarsnow]

Sorry bout that.

1. Internet.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas